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partvulcan:

Favorite TOS Spock mannerisms

  • steepled fingers
  • dramatically turning around in the swivel chair on the bridge
  • curling his lip when he’s uncomfortable or indecisive
  • folding his hands behind him
  • holding on to the back of the captain’s chair whenever possible
  • crinkled eyes instead of a smile
  • meticulously selecting either “captain,” “jim,” or “sir” to suit the sentence
  • scientific head tilt
  • staring at the floor before gazing up at kirk from beneath his eyelashes like some kind of femme fatale
  • putting his hands on his hips when he’s frustrated
  • touching kirk’s forearm constantly
  • folding his arms while pacing
  • randomly saying “………Jim………”
  • parting his lips when he’s startled
  • hanging his head while kirk is gripping his shoulders. they do this in every episode what does it mean
  • gazing deep into kirk’s eyes even in the midst of a life-threatening emergency
  • subconsciously altering his posture to be more eye level with kirk despite the height difference

michaelcorleonee:

remember that time that spock said “this is about sex” but he couldn’t say sex so instead he said “biology” and kirk clearly knew what he meant but was awkwardly like “what kind of biology” and spock got this look on his face like ‘oh lordy i’m not dealing with this today’ and said “vulcan biology” and kirk can’t say the word sex either so he goes “u mean the biology of vulcans” and then they stood there in silence for ten seconds like a pair of fucking idiots

nudityandnerdery:

Okay, so this is some Star Trek meta, I apologize in advance for getting extra nerdy here.

One of the little things I’ve always loved is how they’ve shown ways that the Klingons and the Federation don’t understand each other. Some of them are subtle- take spelling. Obviously, the Klingons have a different writing system, but even when it comes to using the Latin alphabet, they have disagreements. Like how they spell their homework Qo’nos, while the Federation would use Kronos. Or how the House of Martok is more properly Martoch, like the ending of loch. Even the empire itself- they’d more properly spell it Qlingon, but the Federation doesn’t.

And it’s kind of a cool, little way to demonstrate how they aren’t on the same wavelength. When it comes down to it, the Federation just doesn’t get it that Klingon culture, at the heart of it? Is K-less.

dingonato:

Spock: Father, I learned a new human way of greeting each other. It’s this: 🖕

Sarek: …

Sarek: Spock, that is not a proper—

Spock: 🖕

Sarek: I’m the Vulcan ambassador to earth I know what that means and that isn’t what you think it means—

Spock: 🖕🖕